LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Feature: Getting to Know Her
The arrival of a new lifeboat on station is an exciting time and greatly anticipated by the crew and the community from which they come. But what will she be like?For many, the RiverTamar simply marks the point where Devon ends and Cornwall...
Category: Articles
Nationwide Mobility
Bat female's Air-cushion! Deflates...easing you gently down...
Then lie back safely and luxuriate...
At the touch of a button...up...safely out...
• Suits most baths, even Bathmjre...
Category: Advertisement
Before Winter Sets In Coxswain Frank Bloom Checks Mooring Chains and Anchors of Walton and Frinton 46' 9" Watson Lifeboat Edian Courtauld Helped By Divers John
Before winter sets in, Coxswain Frank Bloom checks mooring chains and anchors of Walton and Frinton 46' 9" Watson lifeboat Edian Courtauld helped by divers John Wilcox and Peter Horlock with Crew Member Brian Oxley, Bowman Bobby... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Books
Lost Photdgraphiof the RNLI By Edward Wake-Walker Published by Sutton Publishing ISBN 0750937181 Price: £25 • , .
Legendary lifeboat rescues are brought vividly to life in this w book by former* RNU PR Director Edward...
Category: Articles
The Preventer Chains Are Re-Attached Back In the Boathouse
The preventer chains are re-attached back in the boathouse.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Emperor of the French—His Rewards to British Seamen for Saving Life
COUNT WALEWSKI, late French Ambassador at the Court of St. James's, has obligingly forwarded to the Royal National Life-Boat Institution the following list of British seamen, to whom the Emperor of the French has, by imperial decrees,...
Category: Medals
Run for His Money
Run for his money Clive Morris, Port Talbot crew member pictured wearing an RNLI tee-shirt, ran from the RNLI regional office in Cardiff to the lifeboat station at Port Talbot raising £1,250. He was waved off by office staff Vicky,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
New handbook for enthusiasts
The Lifeboat Enthusiasts’ Society Handbook 2016 is now out. This complete guide to RNLI lifeboats past and present details every lifeboat in our fleet, plus the post-service names and locations of retired vessels. To order your copy, send a...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Launches
Station-by-station lifeboat launches for August, September and October 1997 Aberdeen. Grampian Arun: Aug 8. 16 and Oct 4 D Class: Aug 7, 8, 10,16 and 17 (three times) Aberdovey Gwynedd Atlantic 21: Aug 2. 14. 15.26.
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Category: Services
Mary Woods of Test Branch
How many teddy bears does it take to buy a Neil Robertson stretcher? One hundred! Mary Woods of Test branch knitted and sold 100 teddies and paid for the stretcher now being used at Beaumaris lifeboat station. One obviously satisfied... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs